RE: IETF54- Informal discussion on BC Model for DS-TE

[Francois Le Faucheur <flefauch@cisco.com>]

Jerry,


> > I don't think it would make any sense to sacrifice (i) or (ii) just for 
> the
> > sake of not using preemption.
>
> It is possible to achieve (i) and (ii) *without* using preemption (you 
> don't have to 'sacrifice' anything).  For example, use of dynamic 
> bandwidth reservation together with maximum allocation is one approach 
> (such a 'BC model' has been used in large-scale applications for many years).
Could you detail this BC model?

Thanks

Francois

> My input to the informal discussion is that a lot more discussion (and 
> analysis) is needed before settling on a default BC model.
>
> Jerry Ash